Supramolecular Organization and Materials Design

With contributions from leading workers in the field, this book will be suitable for researchers in chemistry and materials science.

W. Jones (Edited by), C. N. R. Rao (Edited by)

9780521662406, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 13 December 2001

458 pages, 257 b/w illus.
24.4 x 17 x 2.5 cm, 0.93 kg

Review of the hardback: '… this book should be compulsory reading for any senior university undergraduate on a materials chemistry course and will be an inspiration for any graduate student beginning research in this area.' New Scientist

Supramolecular Chemistry deals with the design, synthesis and study of molecular structures held together by non-covalent interactions. Structures of this type are ubiquitous in nature and are frequently used as blueprints for the design of synthetic equivalents. This book is intended to demonstrate the seminal importance of supramolecular chemistry and self-organization in the design and synthesis of novel organic materials, inorganic materials and biomaterials. With contributions from leading workers in the field, the book shows how the bottom-up approach of supramolecular chemistry can be used to synthesize not only new materials, but function specific molecular devices as well. This book will be of interest to researchers and graduate students in chemistry, materials science and physics who need a summary of the most recent developments in the field.

1. Assembly and mineralization processes in biomineralization Lia Addadi, Elia Beniash and Steve Weiner
2. Mesoscale materials synthesis and beyond Ivana Soten and Geoffrey A. Ozin
3. Towards the rational design of zeolite frameworks Paul Wagner and Mark E. Davis
4. Mesoscale self-assembly Ned Bowden, Joe Tien, Wilhelm T. S. Huck and George M. Whitesides
5. Design of amphiphiles for the modulation of catalytic membranous and gelation properties Santanu Bhattacharya
6. Nanofabrication by the surface sol-gel process and molecular imprinting Izumi Kunitake, Sueng-Woo Lee and Toyoki Ichinose
7. The hierarchy of open-framework structures in metal phosphates and oxalates Srinivasan Natarajan and C. N. R. Rao
8. Mesoscale self-assembly of metal nanocrystals into ordered arrays and giant clusters G. U. Kulkarni, P. John Thomas and C. N. R. Rao
9. Layered double hydroxides as templates for the formations of organic-inorganic supramolecular structures Steven P. Newman and William Jones
10. Molecular machines Francisco M. Raymo and J. Fraser Stoddart
11. Some aspects of supramolecular design of organic materials Uday Maitra and R. Balasubramanian
12. Controlling crystal architecture in molecular solids Andrew D. Bond and William Jones.

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Inorganic chemistry [PNK]